Bruno Bettelheim

Psychologist, Author

1903 – 1990

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Who was Bruno Bettelheim?

Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer. He gained an international reputation for his work on Freud, psychoanalysis, and emotionally disturbed children.

Currently, Bettelheim's theories in which he attributes autism spectrum conditions to parenting style are considered to be thoroughly discredited.

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Born
Aug 28, 1903
Vienna
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Austria
  • Austria-Hungary
Profession
Education
  • University of Vienna
Employment
  • University of Chicago
Lived in
  • Vienna
Died
Mar 13, 1990
Silver Spring

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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